Tyrant Spear

Qian Duoduo watched the furious Yun Chen and thought, Damn, this brat was still at my level before. A few years apart, and he's actually comprehended unity of heaven and man and broken through to become a Rank 95 Super Douluo.

Qian Duoduo was fairly familiar with Yun Chen. Across the entire Douluo Continent, there were only a hundred or so Titled Douluo.

They were bound to cross paths sooner or later, and most had dealt with one another to some extent.

During one of the Shrek Academy Inspection Corps' operations to wipe out evil soul masters, Yan Shaozhe and Qian Duoduo had worked with Yun Chen, who happened to be cultivating nearby. They were on reasonably friendly terms.

That was precisely why Yun Chen had sent his child to study at Shrek Academy.

Such cases were not uncommon at Shrek Academy. Many talented students from the Outer Court never entered Shrek Academy's Inner Court. After graduating from the Outer Court, they would return to their sects or families.

Still, they would develop some affection for Shrek Academy, and it was through these alumni ties that the academy's influence had grown so immense.

That was also why, several thousand years ago, Shrek Academy had been able to rally a hundred voices with a single call, uniting the experts of the Douluo Three Kingdoms to defeat the Sun Moon Empire.

Qian Duoduo had no time to complain. The pressure of Yun Chen's azure domain power and the surrounding world squeezed him until his face turned the color of pig liver.

Nine soul rings rose around Qian Duoduo. His seventh soul ring flashed, and black light enveloped his entire body. Finally, he transformed directly into a massive shield.

The massive shield was square, with a black dragon design upon it. The dragon flickered in and out of view, its eyes red, like two rubies embedded in the shield's surface.

This was Qian Duoduo's martial soul, the Black Dragon Shield. Its defensive power was astonishing.

After activating his Martial Soul Avatar, Qian Duoduo, now the Black Dragon Shield, swiftly moved to Xian Lin'er's side to protect her.

The black dragon on the shield opened its mouth. "Don't be afraid, Lin'er. I'll protect you!"

Holding the Qian Duoduo version of the Black Dragon Shield, Xian Lin'er felt the pressure ease considerably. Ignoring him, she immediately addressed Yun Chen in the sky. "Your Eminence Yun Chen, it was the Body Sect's invasion that killed your son. We at Shrek Academy are victims too.

"We should join forces and demand justice from the Body Sect together! How can we fight among ourselves, bringing pain to our loved ones and joy to our enemies?"

Hovering in midair, Yun Chen snorted coldly. "Stop making excuses! I sent my son to study at Shrek Academy, and you failed to protect him. Your Shrek Academy is at fault!

"As for the Body Sect, once I take the culprit responsible for my son's death away from Shrek Academy, I'll settle accounts with them myself!

"For the sake of our old acquaintance, Qian Duoduo, stay out of my way. Otherwise, don't blame me if my spear shows no mercy!"

Hearing that, Xian Lin'er's fiery temper flared at once.

"I've tried every kind of persuasion, but you simply won't listen, will you? Fine, then let our strength do the talking! Don't think breaking through to Super Douluo gives you the right to look down on Shrek Academy!"

Xian Lin'er gritted her teeth. Her seventh soul ring shone, and fierce flames erupted from her body. The flames were azure, yet strangely, they gave off no searing heat.

Xian Lin'er's body rapidly grew taller. In the blink of an eye, she stood over five meters tall, and a layer of azure armor had appeared over her body.

Her armor covered her entire body like scales, while nine soul rings—two yellow, two purple, and five black—rose from beneath her feet.

She had also become younger, looking like a girl of twenty, her whole body brimming with a valiant air.

Xian Lin'er reached into empty space with her right hand. Azure flames instantly flared, and a spear appeared in her grasp.

A Class 8 close-combat soul tool, the Azure Flame Spear!

Seeing that Xian Lin'er intended to fight Yun Chen, Qian Duoduo, who had become the Black Dragon Shield, immediately tried to dissuade her. "Lin'er, don't be rash! That brat Yun Chen isn't someone to trifle with."

"Shut up!" Xian Lin'er snapped. "I'm not even afraid of Yan Shaozhe, so why would I fear him? He's just a self-taught Super Douluo. How strong could he possibly be?"

With the Black Dragon Shield in one hand and the Azure Flame Spear in the other, Xian Lin'er let out a deafening dragon's roar.

In an instant, azure flames erupted, forming an enormous dragon's head that hurtled toward Yun Chen in the sky.

Unable to talk her out of it, Qian Duoduo could only sigh inwardly.

Lin'er had never dealt with Yun Chen and did not know how formidable he was. Qian Duoduo and Yan Shaozhe had fought alongside him to wipe out evil soul masters back then, so Qian Duoduo understood his strength all too well.

Although Yun Chen was self-taught and had never pursued further studies at any advanced soul master academy or joined any sect, his fortune had been exceptional.

At Rank 90, a chance encounter had brought him upon a gravely injured hundred-thousand-year soul beast. Seizing that easy opportunity, he had killed it and obtained a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and a soul bone, laying a solid foundation.

Afterward, no shortage of Titled Douluo and even Super Douluo had tried to kill him for his soul bone, but he had either killed them instead or escaped.

His talent in the spear dao was simply astounding. His essence, energy, and spirit merged with his martial soul, and his control over it had reached its utmost limit. His combat prowess was so formidable that even before breaking through to Rank 95, he had not been much weaker than Yan Shaozhe.

Now that he had reached Rank 95, just how powerful he had become was even harder to say.

Qian Duoduo thought, Forget it. If Lin'er wants to fight, let her fight. This is Shrek Academy, after all. If we really can't beat him, my mother-in-law is still here.

With my mother-in-law's Azure Shadow Divine Eagle speed and Rank 97 cultivation, rescuing us if we're in danger certainly won't be a problem.

Yun Chen looked down upon Xian Lin'er from above. Seeing that she actually dared to attack him, he could not help smiling in disdain.

"You haven't comprehended Unity of Heaven and Man, and you don't even have a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring. What makes you think you can fight me?"

Nine soul rings rose around Yun Chen—yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, and red. Then all of them merged into the martial soul in his hand, the Heavenly Tyrant Spear!

Yun Chen did not use a single offensive soul skill. He merely poured all his essence, energy, and spirit into his martial soul.

This was a realm one level above Man and Spear as One. The man became the spear's soul, gaining complete mastery over every aspect of his martial soul.

Yun Chen thrust his spear. Spear Intent erupted with awe-inspiring force, and the origin power within his martial soul surged forth in a torrent, becoming a piercing spear ray that stabbed toward the dragon's head Xian Lin'er had unleashed.

The moment the spear ray emerged, the surrounding Heaven and Earth Origin Energy gathered toward it of its own accord, bolstering its power.

This was precisely how the realm of Unity of Heaven and Man influenced the power of the world. With every movement, one could draw upon the mighty forces of heaven and earth. That was why Super Douluo were far stronger than ordinary Titled Douluo.

The dragon's head formed from azure flames collided with Yun Chen's spear ray.